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see also Thomas v. Anchorage Equal Rts.

e of Ariz. Cities & ¶ 10 (2006) (observing that “just as the courts may not predetermine the substantive validity of the legislature’s measures, so too must they refrain from predetermining the substantive validity of the people’s initiatives, even if the ‘legislation might conflict with the Arizona Constitution or state law’” ()).

¶ 11 (2021) (“The ripeness doctrine prevents a court from rendering a premature judgment or opinion on a situation that may never occur.”) ().

For a municipal ordinance to be preempted, it “must actually conflict with governing state law.”

(Arizona constitution “requires the judiciary to refrain from meddling in the workings of the legislative process”).

“The ripeness doctrine prevents a court from rendering a premature judgment or opinion on a situation that may never occur.”

(“…this court should not create an impediment to the exercise of one of our state government’s bedrock institutions…In a democracy, the process itself is often as valuable as the result.”).

-45, ¶ 8 (App. 2006) (explaining that the doctrine of ripeness “prevents a court from rendering a premature judgment or opinion on a situation that may never occur.”) ().

A court may not enter “a premature judgment or opinion on a situation that may never occur.” -45, ¶ 8 (App. 2006) ().

See, (indicating a case is ripe for review when it presents an actual conflict).

the supreme court explained that voter initiatives, and by extension referenda challenging the actions of municipal corporations, may be rejected as procedurally defective on two bases: (1) structural noncompliance with the statutory requirements, such as a petition lacking the requisite number of signatu

¶ 12 Ripeness is closely related to standing in that enforcement of the principle “prevents a court from rendering a premature judgment or opinion on a situation that may never occur.”

"Ripeness is analogous to standing because the doctrine prevents a court from rendering a premature judgment or opinion on a situation that may never occur.” -45, ¶ 8 , -20 (App.2006) ( , ) (internal quotation marks omitted).

(“Voter initiatives, part and parcel of the legislative process, receive the same judicial deference as proposals before the state legislature — courts are powerless to determine their substantive validity unless and until they are adopted.”).

-45, ¶ 8 , -420 (App.2006), quoting *398 , (“Ripeness is analogous to standing because the ‘doctrine prevents a court from rendering a premature judgment or opinion on a situation that may never occur.’ ”); see also Faman v. First Union Natl Bank, 263 N.C.

( , ); Scottsdale v. Scottsdale Associated Merch., Inc., , (“When the subject of legislation is a matter of statewide concern the Legislature has the power to bind all throughout the state[.]”).

-52 , 143 P. 117, 118-19 (1914).

Ripeness is analogous to standing because the “doctrine prevents a court from rendering a premature judgment or opinion on a situation that may never occur.” *245

(stating that “fail[ures] to comply with publication requirements” in initiative petitions are 9 “procedural defects”); Hart, 86 Ariz. at 391, 346 P.2d at 1110 (identifying failures to

(“The ripeness doctrine prevents a court from rendering a premature judgment or opinion on a situation that may never occur.”).

(“The ripeness doctrine prevents a court from rendering a premature judgment or opinion on a situation that may never occur.”).